This space explores issues in public education policy, and it advocates for a commitment to and a re-examination of the democratic purposes of schools. If there is some urgency in the message, it is due to the current reform efforts that are based on a radical re-invention of education, now spearheaded by a psychometric blitzkrieg of "metastasizing testing" aimed at dismantling a public education system that took almost 200 years to build.
Oakland Public Education Fund Questioned
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By Thomas Ultican 8/23/2025 Recently the Oakland Public Education Fund
(OPEF) posted, “OUSD Board of Education Renews Long-standing Partnership
with The Ed...
8 hours ago